What happens if the father does not appear for the court hearing?

If the father does not appear at the court hearing, the court will review the evidence they currently have and make a decision on paternity. If the father is deemed to be the biological father, the court will enter a default judgment. This means that they will assume that the father has acknowledged the paternity and establish paternity rights and responsibilities, such as child support obligations. If the father is found to not be the biological father, the court may dismiss the case and no paternity will be established. This means that it would be impossible to establish the legal father-child relationship, and the father will not have any parental rights or responsibilities. For a father to establish legal paternity, he must appear in court. In New York, it is important for a man to legally acknowledge paternity for the child to have a legal father, the right to inherit money from the father, and other benefits a child is entitled to from the father.

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